More Covid-19 protocols for journey into Australia

BY GORETHY KENNETH

Papua New Guinea will have to adhere to added prerequisites and steps on Covid-19 protocols set out by Australia simply because of the new Covid-19 strain from the United Kingdom.
Australia’s tourist, business and college student visa issuance in PNG stays closed with Covid-19 protocol arrangements only making it possible for about 50 travellers on local airlines into Cairns and Brisbane, the only ports open to date.
Right up until February 15, Queensland is only permitted a most of 500 people arriving from overseas weekly, which incorporates PNG.
Air Niugini recommended yesterday also that extra requirements have been additional to the first Covid-19 protocol arrangements on global travel.
This especially involves the preliminary chain response (PCR) tests that travellers need right before their vacation approvals are granted into Australia.
In a statement from the Australian Nationwide Cupboard, the government agreed to extra actions to improve conclusion-to-stop safety of Australians from Covid-19, like new variants.
International passenger caps in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia will be briefly halved from no later on than January 15, 2021, to deal with the stream of returning Australians and other travellers who have been probably exposed to the new variants.
Present global passenger caps in Victoria and South Australia and preparations in the Northern Territory are deemed workable and will continue to be in position.
Preparations on international passenger caps will be reviewed by Nationwide Cupboard in early February.
Nationwide Cupboard also adopted a amount of recommendations from the AHPPC in relation to in-flight and in-airport steps.
For international journey:
nReturning Australians and other travellers to Australia should return a adverse Covid-19 check in advance of departure. Exemptions will only be applied in extenuating situations, these kinds of as seasonal staff where there is restricted entry to testing.
nAir crew must just take a Covid-19 exam every single 7 times or on arrival in Australia, carry on to quarantine in focused quarantine services concerning intercontinental flights or for 14 times and not reposition for an outgoing global flight until they do so on a crew-only flight.
nAll travellers and air crew ought to put on masks on flights and in airports.
nAirlines will keep on to have correct an infection prevention and control steps on board aircraft, such as crew wearing personal protective equipment the place acceptable.
For domestic journey:
nAll passengers, excluding little ones 12 and under or all those with particular exemptions and air crew will have to use masks on flights and in airports.
These measures will also be used to authorities facilitated professional flights which currently have in spot potent mitigating actions for travellers and facilities.